State ex rel. Askew v. Goldhart

In order to obtain a writ of mandamus, Askew had to establish a clear legal right to have erroneous information expunged from his parole records, a clear legal duty on the part of the APA to delete such misinformation, and the lack of an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law to vindicate the claimed right. State ex rel. Howard v. Ferreri (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 587, 589, 639 N.E.2d 1189, 1192.

In his first proposition of law, Askew asserts that statutory, administrative, and constitutional provisions require the APA to maintain accurate information in prisoners’ files. The court of…